When 70 Is Better than 280

When we lived on Keithwood Drive our driveway was 70 feet long.  It was also made of concrete.  Our new driveway is 280 feet long and is made of stone. Given all the snow we've been having recently, 70 is actually better than 280!  This morning I went out to shovel the driveway.  In that past the task was relatively simple, and made easier by the driveway having been poured in 10 foot sections.  Each joint I came to was 1/7 closer to the finish line, and gave me a more or less immediate feed back of my progress. Now, there're no dividing lines, and if I'm not careful, I end up shoveling limestone into the surrounding yard along with the snow.  For the most part, the plan has been to just drive up and down the driveway enough to keep it clear, and quite often the nasty winds we have blow the snow right off the driveway,  but this most recent snow drifted in parts of the driveway, so the drive over it technique didn't quite cut it.  Some would say, "Why not plow it?"  Good idea, except that plowing requires great precision or the stone goes with the snow.  So, today it was shoveling 280 feet of driveway.  It was good exercise.  It gave a sense of accomplishment at the completion, and it reminded me that sometimes 70 is better than 280! (or that sometimes "less is more"!)  Hope you're enjoying the snow, and the SUN that's melting it.